‘In some cases we are pursuing them criminally’: UIF commissioner Teboho Maruping UIF commissioner Teboho Maruping says some fund employees facing investigations into Covid-19 TERS fraud abruptly resigned but could still be pursued on…
R3,4 billion has been voluntarily returned to the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) by employers who benefited from the Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (Covid-19 TERS). The figure was revealed by UIF Commissioner,…
Press release from NEASA Media Department … navigating through the COVID-19 lockdown predicament … Dear employer The Department of Employment and Labour has extended the availability of the TERS benefits to sectors still being affected by…
Labour minister Thulas Nxesi says the government can’t afford to fund another extension of the Temporary Employment Relief Scheme (TERs). He said because most companies have resumed operations under level 1 lockdown, the fund will not run…
A letter from the National Employers Association of South Africa (Neasa) 1 February 2021 Since the TERS funding was announced Neasa has been conducting twice-weekly surveys on employers and employees to uncover what is happening with…
The DA has called for the return of UIF Ters payments for the duration of the alert level 3 lockdown, saying the fund will provide assistance to businesses whose operations continue to be affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. This after…
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) will open and begin processing the latest and last round of Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme Benefits (Covid-19 Ters) applications from Monday, November 23 until December 31,…
This is a press release by Gerhard Papenfus, Chief Executive of the National Employers’ Association of South Africa (NEASA). OPEN LETTER 10 November 2020 Minister Thulas Nxesi Minister of Employment and Labour Dear Honourable Minister…
More than 6,000 government officials fraudulently benefited to the tune of R41m from the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s Covid-19 Temporary Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) benefit, parliament heard on Wednesday. The Special Investigating Unit…
Payments from the government’s relief scheme for workers is expected to resume on Monday, after being suspended for two weeks. The payments of the Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) was suspended on September 7, after the…
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has extended the processing of new claims for Covid-19 temporary employee/employer relief scheme (Ters) benefits — but grant payments are on hold while millions of identity numbers are verified.…
TIMESLIVE Mpumzi Zuzile Payments of new and outstanding applications for the Covid-19 Temporary Employer/ Employee Relief (Ters) Scheme benefits have temporarily been halted yet again for the labour department and Unemployment Insurance…
Payments of new and outstanding applications for the Covid-19 Temporary Employer/ Employee Relief (Ters) Scheme benefits have temporarily been halted yet again for the labour department and Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) to improve…
The Covid-19 temporary employee/employer relief scheme (Ters) benefit has been extended to September 15, the department of labour said on Monday. “With the lockdown for some industries extended to September 15, it only makes sense for us…
Inmates serving time, students funded by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme and deceased people were among those who were fraudulently paid by the Unemployment Insurance Fund Covid-19 relief fund. Labour and employment minister…
